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Measuring Subjective Resilience despite Adversity due to Family, Peers and Teachers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2013

Jesús Alonso-Tapia ,
Carmen Nieto  and
Miguel A. Ruíz
Jesús Alonso-Tapia*
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)
Carmen Nieto
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)
Miguel A. Ruíz
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)
*
*Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Jesús Alonso-Tapia. Facultad de Psicología. Universidad Autónoma. 28049 Madrid (Spain). Phone: +34-914974598. Fax: +34-914975215. E-Mail: jesus.alonso@uam.es
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Abstract

The objective of this study is to develop and validate a scale of subjective resilience for students 12–17 years old. Items covered adverse situations due to parents’, peers’ and teachers’ actions. The validation process included the analysis on the generalizability of the factor structure and of relationships of resilience scores with different kinds of protective and vulnerability factors -goal orientations and learning-oriented classroom motivational climate (CMC)-. A total of 471 students answered four questionnaires. Confirmatory factor analyses, reliability analysis and correlation and regression analyses were carried out. Results showed: (a) that factor structure was well defined; (b) that resilience scale had good reliability; (c) that scores correlated as expected with protective-vulnerability factors such as goal orientations and CMC defined by teachers’ teaching-patterns, and (d) that students’ attribution of perceived change in resilience to teachers’ work depended on the degree in which CMC was learning oriented. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Keywords

resilienceassessmentgoal orientationsclassroom motivational climate
Type
Research Article
Information
The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 16 , 2013 , E19
Copyright
Copyright © Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2013 

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Footnotes

This research was supported by the grant of the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, DU 2009-11765 / EDUC.

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